AND THE TURF. 2O9 



has even pervaded the circle of the repofitory., 

 where in the ftall, and in the (hew, a bred 

 horfe is treated with diftinguifhed mildnefs ; 

 unlefs unfortunately he be worn-down and 

 low-priced, in which cafe, according to uni- 

 verfal analogy, being poor, he can poiTefs no 

 rights. 



The tendons of runnings cattle, particularly 

 colts, being fo liable to injury, I would recom- 

 mend as a preventive, the frequent ufe of the 

 embrocation prefcribed in the Stable Chapter, 

 on the application of which, enough has al- 

 ready been faid. It has fometimes appeared to 

 me, that the leathern muzzles in ufe in the 

 ftables, are too heavy and heating ; I believe I 

 caught the notion, right or wrong, from Ger- 

 vafe Markham ; who tells his fporting readers> 

 that leather, being drefled with allum and 

 coarfe oil, is by reafon of its (harp difagreeable 

 fcent and faltnefs, very hurtful to horfes, and 

 produ61ive of ficknefs, head-ache, and coftive- 

 nefs ; for this reafon he recommends muzzles 

 of pack-thread, or whip-cord in fummer, and 

 others of ftrong canvas, in winter ; both which 

 kinds, it feems, had become fafhionable in his 

 time, although they have been long lince laid 



afide. 



I hope I have now faid enough upon the 

 fubjeft of running horfes and training, to be a 

 guide to the inexperienced, which is all I pro- 



voL, II. -p pofed; 



